During a close approach to the Sun, the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter watched that tipping point unfold in unusually ...

STUNNING Northern Lights could fill the night sky over the UK tonight after a powerful mass was splurted from the sun. A ...

Aurora alert! The colossal solar storm could impact and trigger impressive northern lights.

An X-class solar flare has produced an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection, increasing solar activity and raising the likelihood of geomagnetic impacts within 24 hours.

NASA researchers show that artificial intelligence can anticipate solar flare buildups by tracking subtle changes across the ...

A geomagnetic storm watch has been issued after a powerful solar flare over the weekend. The solar flare peaked at 9:49 p.m. EST on Sunday, November 30, said NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which ...

Scientists watched a solar flare grow from tiny magnetic sparks into a violent plasma-raining avalanche on the Sun.

Before two dead stars slam together in one of the universe’s most violent events, their magnetic fields erupt in a storm so ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – Normally only visible much closer to the north pole, the Northern Lights have been seen as far south as New Mexico in recent years. These beautiful light shows are caused by ...

Sunspot AR3256 erupted with an X1.2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple ...

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